Bret Michaels confirmed as special guest on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The show's facebook page says "We are putting him to work on the house enroute to his concert in Sloan on Saturday" more

(BW&BK) Metallica have posted the following message via Facebook: "The parents of Morgan Dana Harrington, the Virginia Tech student who disappeared from our show in October, 2009 and whose body was discovered in January of 2010 launched a campaign Monday called Help Save The Next Girl. The program aims to facilitate the search for Harrington's killer, as well as to educate about and prevent the abduction of young women as well as assist parents whose children have been abducted. Our continued support and thoughts and prayers go out to Morgan's friends and family as they reach out to help others." more

(FMQB) Blink-182 makes their long-awaited return with a no 2 chart debut with Neighborhoods, shifting 151,500 copies in its opening frame. more

(Lambgoat) In one of the strangest cases you'll read about all year, a British man has been accused of pretending to be Bring Me The Horizon singer Oliver Sykes, luring an American teen to Britain, and then attempting to murder her. more

(The 1st Five) The Gaslight Anthem have officially signed to Mercury Records. Not many details are currently known other than the fact that their debut for the label (and their major label duebut) is due out sometime in 2012 more

(BW&BK) The official Ronnie James Dio Facebook page have issued the following update: "We have some very sad news to report, Ronnie's longtime Front Of The House Engineer for years from the Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell days, dear friend and family member David (Davy) Kirkwood passed away on Monday." more

(The 1st Five) Red Dons (members of The Observers, Clorox Girls, etc) album Fake Meets Failure, released early last year on CD & LP on Deranged Records, has been pressed on cassette in a one time release more

(Noisecreep) If bassist Rex Brown doesn't stop drinking soon, his former Down and Pantera bandmate Phil Anselmo says, he could be headed for an early grave. In an video interview with () () High Times magazine, Anselmo reveals that booze was behind Brown's split with Down earlier this year. more

(BW&BK) Poison's management has issued the following statement: "Ads in Lima, Peru announcing a Poison concert there are false. The band has not scheduled this show and has no involvement in it." more

(The 1st Five) The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have confirmed dates for their annual Hometown Throwdown. In its 14th year, the Hometown Throwdown will take place at the House of Blues in Boston more

Steve Jobs' impact on modern society can not be understated. He may not have invented the internet, but he helped make it possible. Jobs helped usher in the age of personal computing by first seeing the potential of his friend Steve Wozniak's homemade computer and helping to create the first mass-market personal computer with the Apple II.

Lane's autopsy proved inconclusive pending the results of toxicology tests; Los Angeles Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said, at the time, that it may take seven or eight weeks to finalize the cause of death.

Nelson fired back online with a statement of his own: "It was the other band members' decision to cancel the tour dates, not mine. I was ready, willing and able to do my job. After issuing the press release, the other band members decided, on their own accord, that I had 'resigned' from the band. I never resigned from the band."

Until now, Anthrax have chosen not to elaborate on what went down.... According to Ian, "(Nelson's) words were, 'I quit. I'm not doing this. Don't come to my house. Don't try and talk me out of this.' Again. Because that wasn't the first time he had quit Anthrax; it was the third time. But that was his M.O. He would quit, and then he would make a bunch of demands on us, and we would cave and he would come back."

Most reports on the interview with Billboard cited his comments as a dark cloud over the future of the band. Corgan recently did some clarifying in an interview with Crestfallen.com:

"Mike had played on Avenged's album ['Nightmare'] and that was fine," explains Petrucci. "We all do side projects when time permits. But touring with the band, that was a different story. That was taking significant time away from Dream Theater at a point when we were all planning to start recording. Initially, we put off recording to go on tour with Iron Maiden � that was too good an opportunity for us to turn down. And then when Mike said he was going on the road with Avenged Sevenfold right after the Maiden tour, that didn't feel right."

Portnoy then asked DT to take an extended hiatus, with no timeline to regroup. "In the end, it was something we couldn't do," says John. "Mike wanted to hold all the cards. He wanted to get back together when it suited him. We couldn't abide by that. So he decided to quit. It was quite a blow. As much as we wanted to continue as a band, we didn't want Mike to leave."

Recorded at Hansa Studio in Berlin and Windmill Lane in Dublin, Achtung Baby was U2's seventh studio album and went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance, becoming one of the most significant records of the 1990s.

Vice Verses also debuted at No.5 at iTunes Album chart, No.5 on the Internet Album chart and No.3 on iTunes Alternative chart.

"If I knew the real story, believe me, I would tell you. I wish I could. I would like to know what I'm doing next year," the guitarist tells Ultimate Classic Rock. "If you had asked me two months ago, I would have said 'Absolutely.' Now I'm not sure."

It's a high-profile salute from the likes of Nickelback, Steven Tyler, Wolfmother, Daughtry, Filter and more�.and guitarist ZZ guitarist Billy Gibbons is humbled and excited at the same time.

This October 6th appearance makes Jane's Addition's first late-night TV performance in eight years.

"I thought long and hard before committing to write my book," says Stewart. "It is a funny old thing telling my life story but I truly intend to hold nothing back. I've had quite a life, known some extraordinary people and had some amazing experiences. I've waited all this time, until my 50th year in the business, and realize I can no longer put it off. Forget skeletons in the closet; this one's going to be socks and knickers under the bed."

A host at MuchMusic back then, Strombo was speaking with Bach about his work on Broadway, and the conversation turned to hair metal and Poison; Sebastian lost it, said "this is over, f**k this," took off his microphone and walked off, ending the session on the spot.

The Dreaming's new album Puppet is set for release on November 1st, 2011 through Epochal Artists Records/EMI. You can listen to the title track here

The new album debuts at #4 on the Hard Music chart and the Current Hard Music chart, as well as the top internet chart at #26.

'Oh Mercy' reportedly came about as the result of an unexpectedly sudden burst of songwriting from Dylan, who had gone a while without feeling inspired to pen anything.

His new memoir, "Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven And Hell With Black Sabbath," will be released November 1 in the States, and Tony will be in New Jersey on that day for his first US appearance.

Here is the background we were sent: In 1980, British punk / metal crossover band English Dogs were formed and gained immediate acclaim with top 10 indie chart releases.

Simple Desire was recorded with Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, Razorlight, The Kooks, and Mercury Prize-nominated act Foals) at The Motor Museum studios in Liverpool, England.

"Hi. I guess by now the cat is out of the bag about me having a book coming out this month. 'Drinking with Strangers' is coming your way for some quality nightstand reading or bathroom literature.

They have set a October 11th release date and provided these details: It has been over two years since the release of their project Welcome to the Masquerade, which produced three No. 1 Christian Rock singles ("Fire It Up," "Bring Me To Life," "E For Extinction"), three top 10 Christian CHR singles ("Forward Motion, "Already Home," "Look Away"), one top 15 Active Rock single ("Fire it Up").

The White Buffalo is the apt alter-ego of Jake Smith, a southern California native who has been making waves with his powerful live performances.

The tour leg is set to kick off on November 4th in Rahway, NJ and finishing on November 20th in Newark, OH.

The 21-track release will contain remastered versions of all of Autopsy's EPs - everything from 'Retribution For The Dead' to the now sold out 'The Tomb Within' - as well as the new cuts.